Photographic spring camera



June 18, 1929. K. MULLER PHOTOGRAPHIC SPRING CAMERA Filed Jan. 25, 1927 Adv- Patented June 18, 1929.

KAEL MLLER, OF FRANKFORT-N-THE-MAm-ENKHEIM, GERMANY.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SPRING CAMERA.

Application filed January 25, 1927, Serial No. 163,428, and in German-y January 26, 1526.

The invention relates tofolding graphic cameras and has for its object to provide improvements in the.construction of such cameras to enable them to be aecomniodated in a small space when not. in-usc and to be quickly and easily expanded and set up`into operative position when required.

According tothe invention the camera is provided with a sliding or telescopic ob- ]ective carrying an iconometer which is normally held folded upon the objective car-` rier by a catch which also holds the objective carried in the operative or ycollapsed position, the objective carrier being pushed forward and the iconometer moved to the operative position automatically by spring means when the catch is released.

An embodiment of the invention is shown, by Way of'example, in the accompanying drawing, in whichz- Fig. 1 shows the spring-camerajn the closed position in elevation, partly in longitudinal section 'and on larger scale than in the other figures.- Fig. 2 shows the spring-camera inthe closed posit-ion viewed from the front partly in section.

Fig. 3 shows the spring-camera in the Working position viewed from the. side.

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3 viewed from the front.

Fig. 5 shows on larger scale the locking of the folding parts of the camera and of the iconomete-r by meansof a spring-catch in closed position.

Fig. -6 is a View, similar to Fig. 5 showking the elements in the opened position.

The spring-camera consists of' a fihn box 1 in which the film bobbinand the winding up roll are arranged between -which the film strip is stretched for exposure. The o'bjective carrier 2 is extended at the re'ar'by a tubulari body 3 of resisting material as for instance sheet iron and which Ais guided in the film box 1 perpendicularly to the film band. Onto the inner Wall of the objective carrier 2 rests the free end of an arm 4 pivotable around an axle 5. To the axle 5 of arm 4 a turning moment is communicated by a spring 6 which bring the arm 4 from the Fig. 1 into the position y means lof a catch 7 2 is locked on the film eral elements described ar in the position shown in photoposition shown in shown in Fig. 3. the objective carrier so that the sevheld by the catch igs. 1 and 2. On

has the tendency to' the upper edge of the objective carrier 2 a frame is hingedly mounted by means of a hinge 8 said'fralne serving as iconometer. 0n the axle of' the hinge S a spring 10 is arranged which, in a similar manner as spring 6, has the tendency to bring the frame 9 into the position shown in Figs. 3 lVhcn the frame t) has, however, bcenturncd around the hinge 8 and laid upon the objective carrier 2, the catch 7 grips over the frame 9 and holds at the saine time this frame 9 and the objective carrier 2 in the closed position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As soon as the catch 7 has been released, the tubular body 3 is pushed forward by the action-of the spring-controlled arm 4 and the iconoineter frame 9 is oscillated around the hinge 8 from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The free length ot' the tubular body 3 is selected so that the objective 11 is adjusted to infinite in the advanced position shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In order to provide a good and simple guiding for the tubular body 3, it is advisable to limit the inner cross section of the tubular body 3. A square cross section of the tubulaibody of about 10 square centimeters is practical, but in the same manner which the outer cross section for the tubular body 3 is up to ,50 square centimeters. The srnallness of the cross section presents, however, just' the advantage to produce the spring-camera with the simple means of a shiftable tubular body 3 which makes it possible to bring the objective 11 as Well as the iconometer frame 9 by quite simple means into the operative position after the releasf ing of the catch.

I claim cameras of such sizes can be constructed, in

photographic spring-camera comprising in combination, a lm box, a film bobbin and a Winding up roll in said fi'lm box, so that the film band is stretched in vertical direction, a tubular body substantially rigid, movably mounted in the front wall of said film box the cross section of said tubular body being not more than 50 square centimeters, an objective board fixed on the front end of said tubular-body, a spring controlled oscillatable arm in said film box and bearing onto the inner surface of said objective board, a. catch on the outer end of said film box for securely holding said objective board and said tubular body and 4. Y

in said film box so that when said catch is released -said objective boardl and tubular body are pushed out of saidlm box perpendicularly to said film band into the infinite position of the objective, an iconometer frame on the top end of said objective board, a hinge for hingedly fixing said iconometer frame on said objective board, and a spring in said hinge for raising said iconometer frame mto the vertical posltion when said objective board 1s pushed forward from said film box.

2. A photographic spring-camera comprising in combination, a filln box, a film bobbin and a Winding up roll in said film box, so that the film band is stretched in vertical direction, a tubular body substantially rigid, movably mounted in the front Wall of said film box the cross section of said tubular body being not more than 50 square centimeters, an objective board fixed on the front end of said tubular body, a

spring controlled oscillatable arm in said film box and bearing onto the inner surface of said objective board, a catch on the outer end of said film box for securely holding said objective board and said tubular body in `said film -box so that when said catch is released said objective board and tubular body are pushed out of said film box perpendicularly to said film band intothe infinit-e7 position of the objective, an iconometer frame on the top end of said objective board held by said catch in the position of rest so that it is lying fiat on said objective board, a hinge for hingedly fixing said iconoineter frame on said objective board, and a spring in said hinge for raising,` said iconometer frame into the vertical position when said catch releases said iconometer frame and said objective board. l

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

KARL MULLER. 

